Necktie-stretcher.



- F. TGBIAS. NECKT'IE STRECHER. -APPucAjloN HLEDAPR.1. |318.

Patented Sept. 3,

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T sTATEs PATENT oFFion.l

FRANK TOBIAS, OF TIFTON, GrlllORC-UIA.

NECK'IIE-STRETGHER.

To all whom t may concern.' j v Be it known that I, FRANK ToBIAs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tifton, inthe County of Tift and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Stretchers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparel apparatus, and more especially to garment stretchers; and the object of the same is tok produce a simple instrument by means of which the ordinary four-in-liand tie may be placed under tension and left there over night so that in the morning it may not be wrinkled when the wearer comes to put it on.

Another object isto produce a simple and economical apparatus of this kind which is an ornament to the dresser and a useful piece of bedroom furniture. ,l y f Other objects will appear in the following specification and claims, and attention is 1nvited to the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 is a side elevation of this kind with the side door open,

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 with the side door closed,

Fig. 3 is an end elevation with both doors open, n

Fig. 4 is a sectional detailillustrating the cross rod. j

Mounted on legs 1 if desired, isa box-'like A body 2 having a roller 3 whose trunnions 4 are rotatably mounted in the side walls at one end of the body. One of said walls is cut away to produce a long opening 5 adapted to be closed by a side door 6 which is hinged at 7 as shown, but kthe end portion and the top portion of this side wall remain to provide means for supporting the roller already mentioned and the upper clip yet to be described. One end of the device may also be left open, to be closed by a hinged door 8, and it is quite possible that the top of this device may have a door whose handle or knob only is indicated at 9 in Fig. 1.

Within the body toward what might be called the front end thereof is secured on the bottom a lower clip broadly indicated by the numeral l0. The structure of this clip is not important, except that it should have spring-closed jaws and a thumb piece which may be pressed upon to open the jaws and thereby release the tie, the latter being indicated by the letter T. An upper clip is ,l

also provided, preferably disposed above the Specificationof Letters Patent.V j -Pa'tentdseph 3, 1918. Application led April 16, 1918. 'SerialNa 228,916.

lower clip mentioned and Vof appropriate formation. I prefer that it also shall have jaws and thumb pieces as shown, and its two members Vindicated by the numerals 1'1 and l2 are pivotallymounted on a rod 13 and actuatedk by springs 14 as usual. Between these springs isa block from which a spring 16 leads forward between the thumb pieces and is attached to a cross rod withinthe frontend of the casing or bodyk 1. `This spring is shown in Fig.' 1 asbeing helical, but it is quite possible to use'a stout rubber, and its sole purpose is to'draw the upper clip forward." l

y Thejrod 17 best shown in Fig. 4 has a block 18 at its center'to which the spring is attached. At oppositeends of the block are rpins 19, and, beyond the latter springs 20 are coiled 0n the rod and bear at their` outer ends against thumb Ypieces 21 carried by collars 22, the latter beingfslidably mounted on the'rod and lpressed normally outward so that their eXtr'eniities-may project into holes 23 disposedin pairsfinY the sides of the body 2 as shown. Thus the position of the rod may be adjusted `to permit the device lto work on ties which are somewhat shorter than hereini shown. f a 'j Y In the use of this device the tie T is fastened at one end in the" lower' clip as shown in Fig. l, led thence around the ioller 3 and fastened at 'its other end within the `Aupper clip, the latter being moved or pressed rearward to put the spring under tension before engaging its jawswith the tie. The

result is that, when this clip is released, the tension of the spring 16 .is exerted to draw on the tie and stretch the latter, or at least hold it taut, land yet the entire device is only half the length of an ordinary four-inhand necktie and is not a cumbersome addition to the bureau or dresser. I have shown doors in the top, side, and front end but would not be limited kin this particular, and

`in fact the entire body might be an openwork structure so long as there was suficient material to afford journals for the trunnions 4 of the roller and means for mounting the lowerclip and the cross rod somewhere within jthe body. Y

The foregoing description and the drawings have reference to what may be considered the preferred or approved form' of my invention. It is to be understood that I make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, ma-

terials, dimensions, et cetera, as may provo l. In a garment stretcher, the combina tion with a body, a roller journaled in one end thereof, and means at the other end for attaching one end of said garment;of means at the last-named end adapted for attachment to the other end of the garment, and a tension device impelling said last-named means away from the roller.

2. In a garment stretcher, the Acombination with a body, and a transverse roller journaled in one end thereof; ofa clip fixed in the other end of the body, a movable clip in ythis end of said body, and a springdrawing it normally away from said roller.

3. In a garment stretcher, the combina-` tion with a box-like body provided vwith doors, and a roller having trunnions journaled in the sides of said body at one end thereof; ofa clip fixed on the bottom of the body at the ,other end thereof, a mov-r able clip abovethat named, and yielding means drawing it awayY from said roller.

Li. kIn a garment stretcher, the combina` tion with a box-like body provided with doors, and a roller having trunnions journaled in the sides of said body at `one end A thereof; of a clipY fixed on the bottom of the body at theother end thereof, a movable clip disposed above thatnamed, a cross rod Within this end of the body, and a contractile spring connecting this rod With thelastnamed clip, for the purpose set forth.

5. In a garment stretcher, the combination with a vbox-like 'body having part of one side open, a door for closing this side, and arroller having trunnions journaled in the fixed portion of'this side and in the other side; of a spring clip fastened to the bottom of the body, a second spring clip, a cross rod whose extremities are connected with the sides of the body near that end opposite the roller, and a contractile spring connecting this rod with said last-named clip and rdrawing it normally away from the roller, for the purpose set forth.

G. yIn ya garment stretcher, the combination with a box-like body having openings disposedA in pairs in its sides near one end, a clip beneath said openings, and a roller at the other end, of a longitudinally extensible rod selectively engaged with the openings of said pairs, and a second clip carried by said rod above the first clip.

y7. In a garment stretcher, the combination with a box-like body having openings disposed in pairs in its sides near one end, a clip beneath said openings, and a roller at the other end; of a cross rod above the clip, pins through its body, expansion springs outside said pins, and collars slidably mounted on the ends ofthe rod and having thumbpieces against the outer extremities of said springs, the outer ends of the collars adapted for selective engagement with a pair of said openings, and a second clip connected with the center of this rod.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

' FRANK TOBIAS.

Witnesses: y i

F. I). S'roL'rENonG, A. H. FLANAGAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressing'the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

